Dogeaters

Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force. As Harold Bloom writes, "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures . . . she takes aim at racism in the U.S. and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging."

Jessica Hagedorn is a performance artist, poet, novelist and playwright, born and raised in the Philippines. Her novels include Dogeaters (Penguin 1990) which was nominated for a National Book Award and The Gangster of Love (Penguin 1996); a short story collection, Danger and Beauty (City Lights 2002).

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Jessica Hagedorn is the author of "Toxicology", "Dream Jungle", "The Gangster Of Love", and "Dogeaters", which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction. She is also the author of "Danger and Beauty", a collection of poetry and prose, and the editor of "Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction". Her plays include "Most Wanted", the Heaven Trilogy, and the stage adaptation of "Dogeaters". Hagedorn recently edited "Manila Noir", a crime fiction anthology, for Akashic's acclaimed Noir series. She directs the creative writing master's program at LIU Brooklyn. For more information, visit www.jessicahagedorn.net.

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